Hock E Aye VI Edgar Heap of Birds

Heap of Birds received his Master of Fine Arts from Tyler School of Art, Temple University (1979) and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, (2008). The artist has exhibited his works at The Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia; Documenta, Kassel, Germany; University Art Museum, Berkeley, California; Association for Visual Arts Museum, Cape Town, South Africa; Hong Kong Art Center, China; Grand Palais, Paris, France; and the 52nd Venice Biennale, Italy as part of the Smithsonian’s entry.